A Digital Hub for Northumbria University’s Sporting Community.

Northumbria Sport operates from Sport Central, a £30 million sports facility that offers fitness and competition opportunities for students, athletes, and the wider public. Their previous website did not reflect their status as a leading performance sports venue, and it was hard for users looking for fixtures, memberships, or live event coverage.

The key challenges were:

• Creating a website that promotes Northumbria Sport’s brand identity in line with their rebrand.
• Building a platform ready for heavy traffic that could handle spikes during sporting events.
• Providing high-level data security to protect student and athlete information.
• Optimising the website for mobile use, catering to students and members accessing it on the go.

Northumbria Sport needed a secure, dynamic solution built for the future, to act as the main hub for sporting activities.

Since launching the new platform, Northumbria Sport has seen:

• Stronger brand positioning, with a website that matches their rebrand.
• Event management that works with student records and membership systems.
• A secure and scalable infrastructure that protects data and keeps the site up.
• Better mobile responsiveness, improving accessibility for students and members.
• An ongoing working relationship, with continuous improvements to support changing needs.
  

Northumbria Sport has continued to work with us, making ongoing improvements to keep the digital experience strong.

• Custom-built CMS, designed for Northumbria Sport’s needs.
• Integration with Gladstone’s student record system.
• High-security framework that protects user data and memberships.
• Scalable hosting infrastructure for site reliability during high-traffic events.
• Responsive design for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
• Continuous updates and feature improvements to keep the site current.